The Van Wert County Courthouse

Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025

POSTED: 12/09/15 at 2:34 pm. FILED UNDER: Lancer Lines

Integrity Real Estate LLC to Chad W. Blakely, Chad W. Blakeley, Tacy N. Blakely and Tacey N. Blakeley, inlots 2846, 2848, Van Wert. Camillia C. Kline and Brian Kline to Robert A. Miller and Victoria S. Miller, portion of inlots 9, 10, Convoy. Creative Home Buying Solutions Inc. to Nathan A. Maas, portion of inlots […]

POSTED: 12/09/15 at 1:46 pm. FILED UNDER: Real Estate Transfers

The Van Wert Middle School and High School vocal music departments invite the community to attend their Christmas choir concerts Monday, December 14, in the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio. The middle school concert begins at 7 p.m. and students will perform songs such as “Five Favorite Holiday Songs,” “The First Noel,” and […]

POSTED: 12/09/15 at 8:07 am. FILED UNDER: News

VW independent/submitted information Van Wert County Commissioner Todd Wolfrum has filed petitions for re-election as a Republican candidate in the primary to be held in March 2016. “When I ran four years ago, I talked about stopping our population loss, rebuilding our villages, and bringing a higher education presence to the county,” Wolfrum said. “At […]

POSTED: 12/09/15 at 8:03 am. FILED UNDER: News

Van Wert County Sheriff Tom Riggenbach, Putnam County Sheriff Michael Chandler, and Paulding County Sheriff Jason Landers recently visited Vantage Career Center to talk to students about safe driving, especially as winter approaches. Shown with their county’s sheriff are Student Ambassadors Mikayla Ryan (Van Wert), Zach Chamberlin (Kalida), and Brenna Baker (Wayne Trace). (Vantage photo)

POSTED: 12/09/15 at 8:00 am. FILED UNDER: News

VW independent/submitted information WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Bob Latta (R-Bowling Green) voted Tuesday in support of H.R. 158, the Visa Waiver Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act. The bill, co-sponsored by Latta, was written to assist the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identify and stop terrorists with Western passports from entering the United States. […]

POSTED: 12/09/15 at 7:57 am. FILED UNDER: News

Ohio Dept. of Commerce information The Ohio Department of Commerce is warning Ohioans about a scam instructing them to pay to get their unclaimed funds. How the scheme works: Unclaimed Money Discovery contacts a claimant via email stating that a recovery agent has been assigned to help retrieve their unclaimed funds. In return, they ask […]

POSTED: 12/09/15 at 7:48 am. FILED UNDER: News

Nothing says family like Christmas time. For those of us with family scattered across the miles, it is a time to get together and share and enjoy the traditions of family, love, and Christmas. The last of five Christmas concerts at the Niswonger features a family of four boys who have quite a story.  The DePue […]

POSTED: 12/09/15 at 7:37 am. FILED UNDER: News

Alma Marguerite “Marge” Miller, 98, of Rockford, died at 4:30 a.m. Monday, December 7, 2015. She was born April 16, 1917, in Adams County, Indiana, the daughter of Lewis P. and Jessie (Butcher) Wendel, who both preceded her in death. On November 25, 1937, she married Lester Frederick Miller, who died March 5, 2011. Survivors […]

POSTED: 12/08/15 at 9:48 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries

VW independent/submitted information AKRON — This past weekend at the University of Akron, former Parkway Local Schools band director Richard Sherrick was inducted into the Ohio Band Directors Conference Hall of Fame. The Ohio Band Director’s Hall of Fame was established in 1974 as part of the Ohio Band Directors Conference, held annually at the […]

POSTED: 12/08/15 at 8:12 am. FILED UNDER: News